1955 in South Vietnam

List of events

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* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
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Decades:|

*   *   * 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

See also:|

* Other events of 1955
* Timeline of Vietnamese history

The following lists events that happened during 1955 in South Vietnam.

## Events

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### February

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* February 12 - United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.

### October

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* October 26 - Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims Vietnam to be a republic with himself as its President (following the State of Vietnam referendum on October 23) and forms the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

### November

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* November 1 - The Vietnam War begins between the South Vietnam Army and the North Vietnam Army in which the latter is allied with the Viet Cong.

## References

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1955 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   * Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
* Ceylon
* China
*   * Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
*   *   * Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaya
*   *   * Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   * East Pakistan
* West Pakistan
*   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   * Syria
*   * Thailand
*   *   * Turkey
*   *   *   *   * North Vietnam
* South Vietnam
*   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   *   *   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
*   *   *   * Brunei
*   * Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
*   *   *   *   * Kuwait
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